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Throughout the history of music and guitars, there are pieces of information interesting to all fans to enjoy knowing. No there is a single list, here is a compilation of some funny stories about the electric guitar:

Fun Facts

From June 29 to July 9, 2006, M & I have paid tribute to rock and roll "Summerfest is the world's largest music festival. Guitar two floors 18 generating stations on both sides of M & I Bank headquarters brightened the horizon of Milwaukee.

In a wedding ceremony in London in 2001, Guitar fan Chris Black married his Stratocaster.

Jimi Hendrix Fender Stratocaster tombstone has a carving on it.

smallest guitar world is 10 micrometers long chains of 50 nanometers (100 atoms) wide.

It is said that the Les Paul, shortly after the prototype electric guitar that made him famous, he was very drunk one night and made an electric banjo that strangely did not gain much recognition in their previous efforts.

Another Les Paul is a pleasure – Les Paul had a car accident in 1948 and asked the doctor put his arm permanently in a position of guitar.

A Gibson solid body with no serial number 1952. Gibson did not use the serial number 1952.

Epiphone originally a violin, the Greek society, banjos made from 1923 and in 1930 switched to guitar. Epiphone banjo is the only company to successfully change the production guitar.

Leo Fender was a saxophonist, not a guitarist, the current head of the Corporation is a saxophonist!

To test the strength and sustainability of guitar necks, in 1950, Leo Fender balanced guitar neck between two chairs and on topic.

Fender not use alder, ash usual guitars. alder does not grow large enough to make guitars anywhere except Oregon, in an area only 200 miles by 50 miles.

Fender A record year has been more than a quarter of a million guitars. They are the largest guitar manufacturer power in the world. Fender also makes banjos, mandolins and violins.

The Fender factory makes around 90,000 strings per day. Is more than 20,000 miles per year, enough to go around the world. They also make guitar necks about 950 per day!

The Telecaster was called to the origin of the speaker, but faced a battery of the same name. While the new name was considered, product Fender guitars with no name on the head, and these "Nocasters" are collector's items.

The highest price paid for an electric guitar auction, was $ 959,500 at Christie's in July 2004 for "Blackie" Stratocaster Eric Clapton. The previous record was grateful measurement Dead Jerry Garcia "Tigre" – $ 957,500 in 2002.

To design the Experience Music Project / Science Fiction Museum in Seattle Center, Frank O. Gehry went straight to the source n roll, rock: guitar. Bought a pair of electric guitars and parts used to cut a design template. The final design is still bright reds and blues of these pieces for guitar.

Vintage Gibson Epiphone Serenader 12 string, SOLD